Join the Society for Participatory Medicine ’s Commitment to Fix Healthcare by Adopting Participatory Medicine Manifesto

Manifesto Serves as a Pledge for Health Professionals, Patients and Caregivers to Make Healthcare a Deeper Partnership Between All Stakeholders   BOSTON—October 8, 2019—The Society for Participatory Medicine (SPM), the preeminent organization in promoting true partnerships between patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals, today calls on these stakeholders to demonstrate their commitment to helping fix healthcare by adhering to and advancing the core tenets of participatory medicine. These ideals are outlined in the new Participatory Medicine Manifesto. This movement is driven to create a collaborative, inclusive, compassionate, and mutually respectful healthcare environment. As part of the pledge, all stakeholders promise to: Share and Listen, Respect One Another, Share Information Responsibly, Promote Curiosity and Be a Teambuilder. Open communication among providers, patients and caregivers is a prerequisite for quality healthcare, patient satisfaction and cost-effectiveness. To help facilitate open dialogue, SPM has developed a manifesto, outlining a shared goal to empower and embolden patients, healthcare professionals and caregivers by spreading the practice of participatory medicine. “Healthcare is in crisis, with uneven quality, rising costs, dissatisfied patients, and burnt out healthcare professionals – it must change,” said Burt Rosen, president of the Society for Participatory Medicine. “One way to improve it is to focus on the relationsh...
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